The Moon, the Sea and Me: Space and Romance

“Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“The significance of this day cannot be overstated. It’s a great day for America. It’s actually a great day for the world because there are people who thought that we had gone away, and today says, `No, we’re not going away at all.’” said a beaming NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on this morning’s news.

At 3:42 this morning, our friend Matt who is staying in the Havana Room, wandered into his bathroom and peered out the window across Ocean park at the dark horizon, when suddenly an orange glow began to grow out of the water and spread across the surface, and just as the color deepened to red the long white tail of the Falcon 9 rocket rose into the night sky from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

“It was so cool!” Matt exclaimed over coffee and melons this morning at breakfast. “I thought about waking my wife but she looked so comfy I didn’t want to disturb her,” he said.

This year NASA ended the Shuttle Program, but the fun definitely hasn’t ended for space fans here at our romantic getaway in Florida. With lots of rocket launches coming up and new behind the scenes tours of the vehicle assembly building and launch pads, our guests say that Kennedy Space Center visits are even better than ever.

We think a visit to our romantic Florida bed and breakfast combined with a fun, once-in-a-lifetime visit to Kennedy Space Center is the perfect getaway. Here’s how it goes: